Kirschewalder, the St Mars of the Desert collaboration with Torrside Brewery, a Rotbier using cherry-wood-smoked malt, is likely to be a special pour from a Stichfass barrel at Steel City 50 Beer & Cider Festival.
Also expected at Steel City 50 is a collaboration beer with Thornbridge, brewed on the Union, a SMOD first!
Thornbridge Brewery has had a good summer for their lager, with sales up on last year by 15%. Their regular lagers are Lukas, Bayern and Czech Mates.
Stancill‘s special brews for September included Secret Potion (4% ABV), Flapjack (oaty pale ale, 4% ABV), Bavaria (golden ale, 4.5% ABV), with No 7 English Pale Ale also making a comeback.
The brew schedule at Blue Bee slowed down a bit recently due to holidays, but new in the tanks has been a Nelson single-hopped pale ale alongside a fresh batch of their blonde. Looking ahead the popular American Five Hop series continues, and by the time this magazine appears in print, version 93 is likely to be out there on the bars!
Blue Bee are also scaling up the recipe of one of the four winners of the homebrew competition organised as part of Steel City 50, with the other three beers being produced by Little Critters, Little Mesters and Duality. You can try all four at the festival, where we’ll be judging them to name an overall winner.
Drone Valley Brewery’s latest seasonal beer is an American pale ale. The previous special was Abbey Valley First Gold, an amber ale brewed with First Gold hops in collaboration with Welbeck Abbey Brewery.
Bradfield Brewery’s autumn seasonal beers are Farmers Harvest Gold, Farmers Dust Settler and Farmers Jack O’ Lantern. These will then give way to the annual November release of their Christmas beer – Farmers Belgian Blue.